Canteen holder



CANTEEN HOLDER Filed Aug. 30. 1921 1 7 Patented May 13, 192 4a UNITEDSTATES 1,493,854 PATENT OFFICE.

sremunn FREY, or os ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

cniv'rnnn HOLDER.

Application filed August 30, 1921. Serial No. 496,888.

To all whom it may concern:

zen of the United States, residing. at Los Angeles, in the county of LosAngeles and 5 State of California, have invented a new and usefulCanteen Holder, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to a holder for carrying a set of canteens. It isadvisable to lo carry extra supplies of water, oil and fuel on motorcars, and this is generally done by putting such supplies in separatecanteens and fastening the canteens in place on the running board of theautomobile. Holders have been previously devised for clamping thecanteens on the running board of the motor car. These holders havemerely open frames, permitting the dust to settle on the canteens andmake them unsightly.

An object of this invention is to provide an enclosure for the canteensand means to secure the enclosure to the running board of the motor car.1

Another object is to construct the case so that ready accessibility maybe had to the canteens contained therein.

Another object is to construct the case so that any one of the canteenscan be turned approximately one-quarter of a revolution to bring thefaucet or nozzle of the canteen in front directly above the front wallof the case so that the contents of the canteen may be dischargedtherefrom while said canteenlis supported by the case. This is a greatconvenience, especially when it is desired to discharge water from thecanteen, though, ordinarily, the canteens holding the oil and fuel willbe removed from the case when oil or fuel is to be discharged'into theappropriate receptacles provided on the motor car; that is to say, intothe crank case and fuel tank.

Another object is to provide for the case clamps which can be attachedto and detached from the case without it being necessary to employ anytools.

Another object is to provide clamp means that will not interfere withpacking the case in a box of substantially the same inside dimensions asthe outside measurements of the case.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a canteen case constructed inaccordance with the provisions of this invention, the lid being shown inopen position anda "set of canteens being in place in the'case.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the holder in Fig. 1,showing one of the canteens turned into position for discharging itscontents through the faucet thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the clamp, and fragments ofthe case and of the running board of a motor car.

Figure 4 is an elevation mainly in section on line indicated by H,Figure 3.

' Thecase comprises two relatively movable sections, a lower section 1and an upper or lid section 2, said sections being hingedly connected at'3; The section 1 comprises a bottom 4, end walls'5, a rear wall 6, anda front wall 7. The front wall 7 is considerably narrower than the rearwall 6 so as to form merely a narrow strip along the front of the case.The upper edges of the walls 5 extend diagonally from the upper edge ofthe wall 6 to the upper edgeof the wall 7.

Section 2 comprises a top 8, end walls 9, a rear wall 10, and a frontwall 11, the rear wall 10 being much'narrower than the front Wall 11,and the free edges of the end walls 9 extending diagonally from the freeedge of the front wall 11 to the free edge of the rear wall 10. Thecombined heights of the front walls 7 11 are equal to the'combinedheights of the rear walls 6, 10, so that when the case is closed, thetop 8 is substantially parallel with the bottom 4:. From the foregoingit is clear that the sections 1, 2 are complementary to each other. Thesection 1 telescopes a slight distance within the lid 2, and the jointbetween the sections extends diagonally downward from the'rear to thefront at the'ends of the case.

The lid 2 is provided on its interior with a buffer strip 12vwhichextends along the inner faces of the end walls 9, frontwall 11 and rearwall 10. In Figure 1 a set of canteens is shown positioned in the lowersection 1, the canteens being designated a, b and c. It may be assumed,for purposes of description only, that the canteen a is utilized forwater, the canteen b for oil and the canteen 0 for gasoline. The canteena is shown provided with a spout or faucet 13 projecting from p canteensa, c and the front and rear walls of all of the canteens so as toprevent rattling of the canteens in the case when the motor car istravelling.

The means for securing the case to the running board of the motor carwill now be described. A clamping device is preferably provided at eachend of the case and, because of their being identical in construction,only one of them will be-described in detail. But one clamping devicecan be seen in the drawings because of the nature of the views. Securedby rivets 15 to the front portion of the end wall 5 of the case is anoutstanding plate 16, provided with a key hole slot comprising an upperwider portion 17 and a lower narrower portion 18. The wider slot portion17 providesan entrance for a flanged stud 19 projecting laterally from asubstantially U-shaped clamp member 20. When the clamp member 20 ismoved to position the stud 19 in' the narrower slot portion 18, theflange or head 21 of the stud is accommodated in a recess 22 formed inthe inner face of plate 16, the stud head 21 being of greater diameterthan the width of the slot portion 18 so that when the stud is in thenarrower portion of the slot it will be retained against lateralmovement with respect to the plate 16.

The clamp 20 comprises a longer upper arm 23 and a shorter lower arm 24joined together by an arm 25 extending substantially at right angles tothe arms 23, 2-1, the stud 19 projecting laterally from the arm 23.Screw-threaded through the arm 251 is a clamping screw 26 adapted tobear against the under face of the running board of the motor car asclearly shown in Fig ures 3 and 4;. The under face of the arm 23 isprovided adjacent the arm 25 with a downwardly projecting lug 27 whichis adapted to seat upon the upper face of the running board, as clearlyshown in Figure 3. It is obvious that when the stud is inserted in thewider slot portion 17, tightening of the screw 26 against the under faceof the running board will tend to rock the clamp member 20 so as toswing the arm 24 downwardly, thus to swing the stud end of the arm 23downwardly to move the stud from the wider slot portion 17 into thenarrower slot portion 18.

When the case with its set of canteens is to be shipped the clamps 20will be wrapped and placed on top of the canteens, and the case willbe'pacl'zed in a box just large enough to hold it. If the clamps werepermanently attached to the case, a larger packing box would benecessary and, if the clamps were fastened to the case by screws, itwould be necessary for the customer to fasten the clamps in place withthe screws and such operation might be unsatisfactorily performed.

With this invention, when the case is received by the customer, heplaces it upon the running board oi, as shown in Figures 3 and 4:, andhe places the clamp 20 so as to embrace the front edge of the runningboard, moving the clamp toward the case to bring the stud 19 into thewinder slot portion 17. He then tightens the clamping screw 26 to causethe rear end of the arm 23 to swing downwardly,thus to move the stud 19into the smaller slot portion 18. Then the screw 26 is tightened againstthe running board, the stud 19 cannot escape from the slot and,therefore, the case will be securely retained in position on the runningboard. Thus the screw performs a two-fold function.

Assuming, for example, that the canteen (1 contains water, to draw watertherefrom, the canteen will be raised and turned to the position shownin Fig. 2 with the forward portion of the canteen resting on the upperedge of the front wall 7. The distance between the upper edges of thewalls 6, 7 is less than the greatest diameter of the canteen and,therefore, the canteen will readily remain in position with the spoutprojecting above the front wall 7. Water can be readily withdrawn fromthe canteen when in this position, without it being necessary for theoperator to hold the canteen. When the canteen a is in its normalposition, as in Fig. 1, there will be no tendency for water to leak fromthe faucet, even though the valve thereof is not tightly closed, becausethe faucet is positioned on the top of the canteen. Thus, it is seenthat with this invention, the canteen can be readily placed in twodifferent positions, a position for carrying and a position fordischarging the contents therefrom.

It is to be noted that the distance from the bottom of the slot 17 tothe top face of the running board a? is greater than the distance fromthe shank of the stud 19 to the bottom face of the clamp member 20 so asto insure that the stud seat firmly in the bottom of the slot. Thus theplate 16 and case bottom rest on the running board and the end of theclamp member 20 adjacent said plate is spaced from the running boardwhen the screw 26 is tight against the running board. This preventsrattling of the case.

I claim:

1. In a canteen holder, a case, a plate fastened to the case and havinga keyhole slot, an approximately U-shaped clamp member having a flangedstud, the flange of the stud being of greater diameter than the width ofthe narrower portion of the keyhole slot, and means to cause rocking ofthe clamp member on the member to which it is attached from positionwith the stud in the wider portion of the slot to a position with thestud in the narrower portion of the slot.

2. In a canteen holder, a case, a plate fastened tothe case and having akeyhole slot, a clamp member having a flanged stud, the flange of thestud beingof greater diameter than the width of the narrower portion ofthe keyhole slot, and means to secure the clamp to a support in positionto retain the stud in the narrower portion of the keyhole slot.

3. In combination, a case comprising relatively movable lower and lidsections, the joint between the sections extending diagonally downwardfrom the rear to the front at the ends of the case, canteens end to endin the case, and a bufi'er strip secured along the inner faces of theend walls and front walls and rear wall of the lid section adapted toengage the outer ends of the end canteens and the front and rear wallsof said canteens.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of August, 1921.

SIGMUND FREY. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. HILES, L. BELLE WEAVER.

